| I don't know (yet) what Dee uses it for, but I wouldn't be without it. To me, it's an essential plant in any herb garden. I use it mainly as an after-shave moisturiser (on legs!), for minor burns and sunburn, and minor wounds - scratches and grazes etc. Very good for insect bites. I've used it on babies' bottoms for nappy rash, and on their heads for cradle-cap. It's good for a range of skin condition, including eczema and psoriasis. I've had several major surgeries, and I've used it on the wounds to hasten healing and to reduce the scarring. It works very well. I've used it exclusively for external use. Internally, it is not generally recommended (it can cause severe diarrhoea as it is a powerful laxative and purgative), however, it has a number of uses. Take under expert supervision only. Here's a list of its uses: The sap from inside the leaves can be applied directly to ulcers, burns, sunburn, radiation burns, skin cancers, wounds, poison ivy stings, acne, oily skin and dandruff, and fungal infections. Internally is it sometimes used as a laxative and a general tonic. And also to treat amenorrhoea, asthma, inflamed or diseased breasts, bursitis, colds, colic, conjunctivitis, constipation, coughs, dysmenorrhoea, dysentery with bloody stools, ear infections, eye problems, fat and sugar metabolism, fever, gonorrhoea, heart pain, haemorrhoids, hepatitis, herpes, infant pneumonia, insomnia, intestinal worms, jaundice, kidney disorders, enlarged liver, menopause, rheumatism, skin inflammations, skin rashes, sores, sore throat, enlarged spleen, toothache, tuberculosis and other lung diseases, tumors, ulcers, chronic vaginitis, venereal diseases. |
